Reality Me

I told Amy “new diaper” and she hyperventilated and run, like a rocket, to hide in her sister’s room. She then peaked out at me with a pixie like grin and cackled loudly.

Amy rises.

Sarah finally finished breakfast.

Sarah is fancying up her hair. I told her she has to eat breakfast first from now on before making her hair fancy.

A New Day!

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This Morning

I slept like a rock last night! A rock with vivid dreams.

I got up and fixed the kids eggs so they could have a good breakfast for TCAPs. Noah wet his pants in the living room. Sarah is dilly dallying to the point that she is going to have to skip breakfast. Tommy is refusing to get up.

Yesterday

Yesterday was totally unproductive as far as trying to aquire new work or accomplishing task around the house. I mostly spent the day playing with Amy. That was fun. The kids came home from school and Tommy went riding his scooter. I was talking with the neighbors and watched him come to a sudden stop and fling himself forward. The chain had popped off and jammed in some bolts on the tire and Tommy went flying foward, dropped to his needs and caught his body mass on the handlebars. He handled the crash well and didn’t cry or overreact until he got in the house. I was at the neighbor’s and watched the whole thing. He calmly and quietly walked home. Apparently he saved everything for when he got in the house; apparently he can’t show emotion unless he has an audience.

I took Amy on the trampoline twice. She loves the “bounce” and says “boing.”

Cathy left for errands and I lost my temper with Noah over his perpetual lying. Noah has a pants wetting problem that I don’t yet know how to curb. It’s not the wetting that bothers me; he will grow out of it; he’s been tested enough at the doctor’s. It’s that he won’t take the time to stop and change his clothes after he does and he tries to lie about it. Playing is more important than taking the time to clean up.

The evening was spent on hamburgers and getting children bathed. Amy and I walked down to a neighbors and socialized then returned home to both head to our individual beds and drop with exhaustion.

I just checked my worth at Human for Sale and am happily valued at : $2,357,860.00.

All interested parties should contact my broker directly.

I have achieved a state of anxiety and panic again. The factors being: 1) no definitive income again – must acquire another contract rapidly 2) overwhelming amount of work to be done around the house 3) no plan – I should have used my planner last night. It’s almost as if I am forgetting to do something important.

The yard needs attention. The peach tree needs to be retransplanted but that probably involves a piece of heavy equipment. Parts of the yard need scrapping and leveling. The french drain needs completion which involves a backhoe and some lintels. And will lead to the repair work on the retaining wall. A word splitter needs renting (that has to happen on a Friday) and lots of wood work needs to be done. Of course, the drought has us in a “no burn” state; no burn permits are being issued. Kids bikes need work. A shed needs to be built. The bathroom drain needs to be snaked. Paperwork paperwork paperwork. More.

A New Day!

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This Morning

Tommy set his watch alarm to go off at 6am. I took the watch and learned how to turn the alarm off. I left him in bed and didn’t give him medicine until 6:30am. At 6:40 I told him to get dressed. At 7 he was just finishing breakfast and as the others and I walked out the door I told him “your bus will be here shortly. I hope you are dressed.”

I dropped the others at school. Returned home to remove contraband from his backpack (in this case, D&D books and dice). And his bus picked him up moments later.

I thought I could grab a few zzs but no rest for the weary. Amy rose and I rose to the occassion. She and I had breakfast and playtime.

Wow! The cat just let Amy lean her chest into the cat. Now Amy is touching her paws and saying loudly “feet feet” oops. Her feelings just got hurt. The cat just batted her hands away–no claws.

Amy sits in my lap now am=nd we are playing a game with her hair barrette. She asks me to put it in her hair then she takes it out. Repeat.

Amy is now wrapped in a blanket that makes her look like a little Yoda. She was playing “nite nite.”

Yesterday

I wasn’t anywhere near a computer to be able to blog! That was wonderful!

The day started out with me tending to the children until I had to leave. I went to a friend’s ranch and we groomed a couple of horses then went riding up the side of the mountain. My friend will be 60 next week and acts like he’s 35. He and I do the aggressive riding that his wife doesn’t enjoy. Rode through this one area with these beautiful rock cliffs about 30-35 feet tall and years of garbage poured down the side. Look like a scene that Arlo Guthrie might sing about. It’d be nice to own that land and clean that area up as a place for meditation! We returned to the ranch, cleaned up the horses and shared some conversation over ice tea.

I returned home to replace the brakes on Tommy’s scooter. I’m still terribly unimpressed with the scooter’s performance and will now make efforts to have it replaced or refunded so we can get a different brand. At least he can ride it now as long as he doesn’t have to climb any hills.

After I was done with the scooter Cathy commented that “she’s not getting the chance to go out” I misinterpretted this as “let’s get everyone out of the house” and we took the crew plus one of Noah’s friends to a park. They had a blast. I had a blast! The 7 year olds and 10 year old ran all over the place. The 13 yr old sat in a tower where he had a good vantage point of the chaos but didn’t have to be involved. And Amy ran and played in the pea gravel and slide on the slides and cackled and had a great time. Afterwards Cathy, Sarah and Tommy were dropped off at Target (general merchandise) and the boys, Amy and I went to Bi-lo (grocery). Amy was so tired that she rode quietly and nicely in the cart the entire time while the boys raced up and down the isles as I sent them on errands. Even the store was good time.

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This Morning

Amy started her day off asking for a “cookie.”

Amy sits in my lap while I blog. She’s talking up a storm. I should try to record her thoughts 🙂 Tommy and Cathy are resting well. Sarah and Noah are with the grandparents so they can go to church today.

Amy is now playing dressup. She is trying to be like her mom.

I am going to go horseback riding today. I want to be working on the yard to give Amy and the others bettering plaiying. That means lots of top soil, moving the soil, leveling the soil and planting grass at the least.

Amy is now carrying my guitar case around. She likes to use it as a chair. Just discovered it opens and is sneaking peaks. I wish I had the video camera right now.

Big girl just slide a chair out and climbed into it to sit down proper at the kitchen table for her banana and milk.

Hehe. Stressed. “Da DA. daaa daa” “Are you stuck?” “sctuuuck”

Yesterday

Yesterday was a wonderful day! Cathy and I became best friends again.

I took the girls in our car and the grandparents took the boys in their car and we met Cathy’s brother, his wife and 2 children (one 1 mth older than Amy and the other new born) to go for a visit at the Chattanooga Aquarium. It is definitely one of our favorite aquariums. I wish I had a photographic memory because I could write an essay from all the cute things that were said and done during out outting. The toddlers enjoyed each other and also had many jealous moments. Amy was captivated with the fish and “things” around her. She seems to be unsatiable in absorbing knowledge. Tommy remained in control having to be spoken to very few times, basically kept his good manners on, and generally stayed in good spirits. Sarah probably thought she was along for babysitting but was asked only once that I can think of to watch any of them. Noah was very happy. Cathy and I talked and held hands and kissed and made up.

Afterwards we went to Nursery on the mountain and I helped capture one of the horses that had gotten free. I enjoyed having the knowledge to capture it and lead it back to the barn. It was too busy for us to hang around and socialize. Tommy, Amy, Cathy and I in one car; Noah, Sarah and the grandparents in the other car took our own individual routes back to Knoxville. Our car load got to the house and remained only a few minutes then decided to go to a park. Tommy played and read D&D books while Amy cackled and ran between playground equipment yelling “play! play! play!” She was exhausted when all was said and done. Must say, I slept heavy with some peculiar dreams myself.

Sarah is our creative child. I discovered last night that she has used pipe cleaners to create these wonderful signs for the bedroom doors. I will have to post pictures. She did this unprompted. She has also created light switch covers.

A New Day!

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This Morning

Something continues to bother my wife. She won’t talk about it or even give me hints. This is one of those times I am “supposed to know” and do the right thing. She remains tense and turse with me. If you asked me how is my relationship right now I’d have to tell you I don’t have a relationship, I have a job.

Home sweet home! And greeted with wonderful hugs and kisses from the wife and girls. T

Done. Packing up and hitting the road! Waaaahoo!

My family chose not to look at me yesterday or today. I’m packing the camera up now in anticipation of hitting the road shortly.

Finished the next major milestone that was the “other work” now I have to propagate it to 6 places.

typing like a mad man. server dies. on hold.